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†family Lumectospongiidae Rigby and Chatterton 1989 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Lyssacinosa

Full reference: J. K. Rigby and B. D. E. Chatterton. 1989. Middle Silurian Ludlovian and Wenlockian sponges from Baillie-Hamilton and Cornwallis Islands, Arctic Canada. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 391:1-69

Parent taxon: Lyssacinosa according to J. K. Rigby and B. D. E. Chatterton 1989

Sister taxa: Brachiospongioidea, Brevicirrus, Euplectellidae, Flexuospiculata, Leucopsacasiidae, Stauractinellidae, Acanthospongia, Calathospongia, Caulophacus, Colpospongia, Crateromorpha, Euplectella, Foerstella, Lasiothrix, Malumispongium, Oncosella, Opeamorphus, Palaeosaccus, Proeuplectella, Pyritonema, Regardrella, Rosella, Testispongia, Rossellidae, Leucopsacidae

Subtaxa: Lumectospongia

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder